catch-all

See also: catchall

English

Alternative forms

• catchall

Etymology

From catch +‎ -all.

Noun

catch-all (plural catch-alls)

1. Any place or repository where things are placed indiscriminately or without careful thought.

   If you're not careful, the entrance table will quickly become a catch-all for things that come in the door.

   The category was a catch-all for items that were not filed elsewhere.

   Cancer is a catch-all term that encompasses a wide variety of diseases.

Derived terms

• catch-allism
• catch-all party
• catch-all phrase
• catch-all term

Translations

used to hold, include, or describe a broad range of things

• Bulgarian: (съд) за всякакви неща ((sǎd) za vsjakakvi nešta)
• Finnish: kaikenkattava (adjective), yleinen (fi) (adjective), yleiskäsite (catch-all term)
• French: attrape-tout (fr), fourre-tout (fr) m
• German: Sammelplatz (de) m, Auffangbecken (de) n, Sammel-, Sammelbegriff (catchall phrase oder term) m, Sammelbecken (de) n
• Polish: wytrych (pl) m
• Spanish: comodín (es) m, factótum (es) m or f